Reform in the Middle East oil monarchies.
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Reform in the Middle East oil monarchies.
Ed. by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright.
Ithaca Press
2008
309 pages
$54.50
Hardcover
DS63
Edited by Ehteshami (international relations, U. of
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